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Noun: ascender  u'sen-du(r)
  1. Someone who ascends
     
  2. A lowercase letter that has a part extending above other lowercase letters
     
  3. (printing) the part of tall lowercase letters that extends above the other lowercase letters

Derived forms: ascenders

Type of: alphabetic character, letter, letter of the alphabet, line, mover

Encyclopedia: Ascender